installing a remote printer

[Ron Lyle]

Art Alexion wrote:
> On Thursday 04 September 2008 5:20:09 pm Ron Lyle wrote:
>   
>> The printer is attached to an IP print server (Hawking 1 port 10/100 IP
>> print server) I can ping the server
>> and the Win_xp computers can print to the print server (using LPR).
>> Step by step:
>>  From the "K" -- system setting -- printers
>> set print system current used: "LPR/LPRng
>> Add printer -- add printer/class
>> "Add printer wizard" remote LPD queue
>> hosts "192.168.XXX.XXX "---- Queue "LP1"
>> Print model selection HP ----" LaserJet 4L"
>> select the driver, I have tried them all
>>     
>
> OK, the problem appears that you are trying to use the old LP protocols and 
> there is no remote LPD server.  Choose IP (or IPP) printer.  Don't bother to 
> scan.  Enter the IP address and the port 9100, then fill in the other 
> appropriate data.
>   
This is a TCP/IP LPR print server. The port address is not 9100 but 515. 
I have tried your setup with the same results.
The LPD setup worked on a Kubuntu computer (8.4.0) before the disk 
failure. The print server has a queue "lp1". The
computer finds the print server on the network or I would not had gotten 
this far into the installation. I have spent to much
time on this simple problem, there is something I am missing in the 
setup of  Ubuntu or KDE permissions or the driver is not loaded. I
think the driver is loaded as the install displays the option to select 
a driver from a list. The "adept Manager" shows the drivers installed
and I have reinstalled the drivers. I haven't tried the install from a 
shell, can that be done? Me thinks the problem is KDE and I just
do not know my way around in the package that well. The first install 
was a breeze, no problems and the KDE was great, but since
the disk crash, I have had trouble installing Kubuntu. The new download 
of kubuntu from the net, copied from several mirrors or the
pilot trying to do the install?

Ron